What is Cognitive Intelligence?
The term it comes from cognitive science - depending on the paradigm, it can have many meanings correlated with neuroscience as well as the brain.
Activities based on this sphere is :

language
learning
thinking
perception
awareness
decision making
intelligence


The mentioned cognitive processes - activate the appropriate regions in the brain narrow cognitive intelligence - it's an effective response to in particular in unforeseen and uncertain situations.
However, it requires the ability to set goals, learn, plan and think about your own thinking.